From Cliffs personal stash. Anti Cimex brilliant LP
Spicoli Discos – SPI13, Nada Nada Discos – NADA034
Restocked: 2023-08-17
200 SEK
Fifth full length from one of the best european Anarcho-HC Punk bands nowadays. More songs in the vein of former records, but more raging & much faster and heavier production. The Lp is a Co-production with Twisted Chords & comes in a gatefold sleeve with different artwork than the spanish version (sold out!) & including 32-pages booklet with english translations of the lyrix & the indepth writings about a lot of other political articles included in the booklet.
Restocked: 2023-08-15
250 SEK
Restocked: 2023-08-14
40 SEK
Frösön crust attack. Released back in 2004
Restocked: 2023-08-10
70 SEK
Restocked: 2023-08-09
80 SEK
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Havoc records release
50 SEK
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Anarchopunk
160 SEK
Jesus fucking Christ (figure of speech)! I never heard Black Kronstad, the band from which Iskra was born, but these Canadians are fucking destructive! This is blazing hardcore/punk gone thrash metal with plenty of the classic form of raw black metal littered throughout. I'm talking hyper distortion all over the place, tons of speedy tremolo picking, quick and vicious midpaced breaks, lots of quick rhythmic shifts, and an overall sense of relentless intensity. The vocals alone are fucking insane. I think they've got two or three vocalists, I don't know, but there are shitloads of vocal tradeoffs between varying degrees of distorted screaming, and you can't understand a god damn word of it! That's a shame because the lyrics are sick, but I'll get to that later... and fuck it, the indecipherable vocals definitely add a rarely paralleled sense of aggression to the material. Really though, I could argue that they're not even pronouncing words, but rather enunciating sounds in time with the music (Ala Obituary, baby!) - ha, ha, no joke! Just check out "Acceptance Not Tolerance"... that shit is absolute metal - completely strewn with Scandinavian black metal runs and subtle melodic tinges. "Antisect" is also blazing metal, but in more of an early 80's German thrash take on the D-beat niche, with the black metal speeds creeping in for good measure. Closer "Culture of Cowardice" even sounds like it could've been performed by Dawn on the "Slaughtersun..." album - no shit. Plus, I'm an 80's thrash fanatic, and I'm telling you, the vibe here may be a bit more incendiary, but there are so many bits and pieces of raging early- to mid-80's thrash that I'm fucking loving it! "Ash and Ruin" is one of the only selections that slows things down a bit, and believe me it jumps out as a result - as does the highly unexpected clean intro to the also slower and more dominantly forceful "Threat Inflation". So, I have to say that side B is definitely my favorite on this fucker. Also included among the cuts is an absolutely unrecognizable cover of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War", complete with an excellent explanation of why they covered the track and its history in the scheme of political protest songs. The sound is definitely rugged, but they pull it off for the most part. There's not much bass happening, and the vocals can overpower due to the sheens of distortion hovering above, but I'm fine with it for the most part. I do think the vocals ought to fall back a touch, but you can make out the guitar riffs and that's my main concern since nothing sounds shoddy in my opinion. It would make no sense at all for this stuff to have a clean sound. No way. Visually things look good, using matte finishes colored in red with black and white and lots of bleak imagery and illustrations befitting of the lyrical content. Killer band logo, too. Inside is a poster insert with additional art and text as well as a huge booklet measuring around 8" square with all of the lyrics, additional text, and a massive list of resources. These cats cover their bases, too. Most all of the resources listed are websites, and they go so far as to admit their distaste for the industry of technology while also admitting its usefulness as a tool, encouraging people to make use of the free internet services at most libraries and such. Now, onto those lyrics... The songs are fast, and the vocal patterns are faster, because regardless of whether or not they're really saying all of the words, there are a lot of heavily involved lyrics. Yes, the ballpark topics are pretty standard - homophobia, war, political corruption and greed, etc. But nowhere else are you going to find lyrics that are so unflinchingly bitter in their portrayal of personal opinion/reflection on the current state of affairs in this world with so much effort. "Sure we are scared, sure we may fall, But a lack of choices backs us up against the wall, Look into the fiery furnace not far beneath your feet, See your own children dying in the streets, It's a shadowy world as the sun sets in the sky, Do we choose violent ignorance or penetrate their lies? We can end their reign of blood if we openly criticize, If they refuse to listen they'll pay the hard way for their crimes..." There are a few explanations for certain tracks, and even that content is far more pointed and insightful than 90% of what you'll find with any such band, so I'm highly impressed on all counts there. This one's not gonna be for everyone, but I'm a fan for several reason across the board. If the punk crowd can overlook the metal in the music and the metal crowd can accept the blatant politics in the message, then there are a lot of people who should find some value in this LP. Recommended. It's not easy or casual listening by any means... but certainly recommended.
Restocked: 2023-08-08
150 SEK
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120 SEK
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Ursut, köp dig lycklig - CD
140 SEK
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Added: 2024-04-18
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